Re: Inserting date

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

Armando Martins wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Can you tell me how can I insert the today's date in a text file,
> please? (something like fields in traditional word processors).
> 
> Thanks
> Armando Martins
> 
>

If you evaluate this:

(global-set-key "\C-cid" (lambda() (interactive) (insert 
(format-time-string "%a %Y-%m-%d - %l:%M %p"))))

then you can use that key combo to insert day date - time. Strip out 
some of the formating specs if you don't need them or change their order 
if you like.

Ed